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But asked whether she expected these people or anyone else to write her name in Saturday at Ames — as Rick Perry’s supporters are organizing to do for him — Palin just laughed, and went back to signing autographs.

Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn told Andrea Mitchell on Friday that he hasn’t seen any signs that Palin is actually planning to build a campaign that could win her the state’s caucuses. “We haven’t seen any evidence around the state of, you know, kind of making those contacts that you need in an organization-heavy state.”

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“She’ll be back over the Labor Day weekend to talk to a tea party group, so maybe we’ll get some more clues at that point,” Strawn said.

Still, Strawn said, the rationale for Palin’s appearance was obvious: “She’s here because it’s the center of the political universe. There’s no question.”

But Palin did her best to make herself the center of the political universe, eagerly engaging with just about every candidate she’d compete against if she did get in —including Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.

“Just because there may happen to be two women in the race,” Palin said, “that they would you know as Michele had put it once, get in the mud and engage in some catfighting that’s ridiculous. It’s kind of even a sexist notion to consider that two women would be kind of duking it out.”

She raised her fists and punched the air. “If I’m gonna duke it out, I’m gonna duke it out with the guys,” she said.

“I don’t see that happening, that hypothetical, because you know very rarely is it ever ratcheted down to just two, so it’s a long process,” she said in response to a question from POLITICO. “Rick’s not in the race yet, and the debates with him in it haven’t occured yet, so that hypothetical won’t be answered now.”

But Perry, whose candidacy will be appealing to much of the same base as Palin would, earned a critique. Asked how his record contrasted with hers, Palin pointed to the structural weaknesses built into the Texas governor’s office — though she later denied that her comment was the veiled criticism they were immediately interpreted to be.

And when the Daily Caller wrote a story suggesting that she’d said she favored Romney, the Palin entourage was visibly angry. Todd Palin pulled the story up on his BlackBerry, and handed it to his wife — “those dang reporters!” she exclaimed. A few moments later, a Palin aide put the Caller reporter, Alex Pappas, on the phone with the former governor.

“So what you’re saying is that I said that I support Mitt Romney?” she asked Pappas. “You need to be clear, otherwise people really lose faith in the state of journalists today.”

Her contention: She said she supports ABO, or “anybody but Obama.”

Palin is leaving Iowa on Friday, she said, so she wouldn’t “step on anybody’s feet” during the straw poll on Saturday. But her itinerary for this next leg of Palin’s “One Nation” bus tour wasn’t immediately clear — picking up on the theme of her East Coast tour of American historical sites, Palin said Friday morning that she intends to visit presidential birthplaces. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Harry Truman were born in nearby states.

I want to be clear, anarchism is feeling government is unnecessary and wasteful - istn't that what they say. Palin and Bachmann, Perry - all of them want to destroy the government - like the debt ceiling is a good example. Anarchy is what they want - look it up and see if you agree that the Tea Pary types are all anarchist - they fit the defintion to a Tea.

What mystery? Palin cant resist getting in some face-time wherever there's a camera around. Bachmann's debate performance has pretty much guaranteed Palin wont embarrass herself by entering the race. There's no mystery here at all. Palin is just out trolling for attention the same way a female dog in heat does.

How can you keep asking the question whether she is running or not... This woman left office so she can sell her brand... She does not have an exploratory staff.., or hired anyone to establish an organizational network... She panders.., for bucks!.. This is her career... She will get in front of the camera for this run..., and will hope to do the same in 2016.., and the mouth breathers will continue to believe her... Don't care for Bachmann.., but she has the courage to put skin in the game.., and will go toe to toe with the media... Palin only does FOX Skews, Twitter and Facebook... Not what you'd call leadership material...

I want to be clear, anarchism is feeling government is unnecessary and wasteful - istn't that what they say.

You arent clear, youre a silly person with a minimal comprehension of politics.

Anarchy is the absence of government entirely. Nobody has argued that, but you lack the basic wattage to be able to distinguish between people wanting to minimize the and scope of central authority and return more power to the individual states and those seeking the end of all government completely.

Thanks for publicly illustrating the complete lack of understanding of the average leftist.

Sarah has been unconventional from day one. She electrified white America with her introductory speech at the repub convention in 2008, and she still has the strongest emotional connection with working class whites of any politician in America.

From this article, it is clear that she still has the magic.

She is honest, she is authentic, she is tough and brave, withstanding the most sickening barrage of filthy hate pieces ever flung at an American politician. She is the symbol of white American working and middle class strivers, an ambitious, hard working woman who earned her position on her own, not by her husband's coattails.

She made it clear that IF she ever sought high office, her campaign would be TOTALLY her own way, the hell with the "professionals" and the MSM and the "chattering classes"

So, I don't know what she is up to, don't think she is running, and don't think she would have a chance if she did run. But if I get a chance to vote for her, she has my vote.

Now the mentally ill homosexuals and obessed Palin haters who ONLY show up on Palin threads can start spewing their disgusting sexual insults at Sarah and her family. No doubt these no-life slime will spend the rest of Friday night competing to see who can write the most vile, hateful posts.

The media just can't stay away from Sarah. Seriously. Give it a rest. She can go wherever she wants...just like the rest of us. There is more than one politician in Iowa right now,,so big deal. Honestly,,POLITICO just can't get enough of this lady.

We would have a current, meaningful budget We would have a real border We would have fewer Limousines in Government We would have considerably less waste, fraud and abuse We would have fewer sales of legislation We would have competitive health care

And Obama would be telling slum tenants why mold on the ceiling is good!

Anarchy (from Greek: >??????? anarchí?, "without ruler") may refer to any of several political states, and has been variously defined by sources. Most often, the term "anarchy" describes the simple absence of publicly recognized government or enforced political authority.[1][2] When used in this sense, anarchy may[3] or may not[4] imply political disorder or lawlessness within a society. In another sense, anarchy may not refer to a complete lack of authority or political organization, but instead refer to a social state characterized by a lack of a state, ruler, or libertarianism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

Really? She gets a hard on from the attention. If she didn't want to take center stage she wouldn't have come into town in a big bus with a crew of lap dogs. She is an incompetent idiot who never learned that life is more than a cute hand wave, big toothed smile and lots of cleavage. It's a fair she probably thought she could get a crown as Ms. Corn Cob.